Baby is 22 days old …

June 27, 2009 at 6:24 pm
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Baby E. is now 22 days old. She is growing and I swear her face is getting a little fatter ;o)
The kids are loving her and enjoy holding her almost everyday. Tater comes up constantly and says “Hold it”. Its so cute!
The other kids enjoy looking at her and talking to her. Whenever she is sleeping they are terribly worried that she has disappeared. Ü

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Tutu and Preschool Graduation

June 12, 2009 at 3:33 pm
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Here are the pictures I promised from SuperKid’s preschool graduation and the Tutu I made for Cookie. She is still wearing it everywhere and I can only peel it off of her when it is filthy! SuperKid keeps asking when Kindergarten is starting and can’t hardly wait!

Tater is just cute as even and learning new words every day! It is fun to hear his new words and increasing vocabulary!

Enjoy the pics!

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Baby is Here!

June 12, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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Baby Elyana (said “Ellie-on-a”) Nicole has joined the ranks! She was born at 8:26 am on June 5th. She was 20 inches long and 6 lbs and 14 oz. She is a beautiful baby girl that has claimed the hearts of her mom, dad, and siblings in less than a heartbeat.

Labor and delivery went well. Instead of my normal 20 minutes- 1 hr. labors, she was a little bit longer at just 4 minutes short of 3 hours. I guess officially the contractions started the night before after Jefe and I took a walk. I was able to sleep through the contractions until 5:30 when they intensified and then I had 10 contractions in 10 minutes. That was when I decided it was time to go to the hospital.

Jefe’s alarm clock was just starting to go off and so I put my arm around him and said “It’s time to go to the hospital” to which he said “You’re kidding, right?!” I laughed and said no, we need to go to the hospital to which he said, “But I need to take a shower”. I laughed again and told him he could have one if he hurried. ;o)

He decided that we’d better just go to the hospital. We got there about 6:30 am and found a warm welcome from the very nervous nurses who had read up on my history of quick deliveries. I assured them that I was not that far along, but they didn’t settle down until they confirmed that I was only dilated to a 5.

When the Dr. got there I was about a 6 and completely effaced. He broke my water and the contractions intensified, but in between we still were able to share funny stories and jokes. They checked me about 8:15 and I was at a 7. Much to the surprise of everyone, I went from a 7 to a 10 in one contraction and then baby was crowing. The drugs that we had discussed were out of the question at that point and so once again, baby came naturally. She took 3 pushes until she was completely delivered (thank goodness!)

Dr. felt really bad that we didn’t have time for the drugs, but I was just glad to be done with the whole thing. Baby didn’t like being rubbed and moved around and she screamed pretty good to let everyone know it. ;o)

The hospital staff was great and kept us happy, fed and comfortable. The nurses were very friendly and some even stayed in my room for a few extra minutes to chat. They even served Jefe and I a candle light dinner complete with sparkling cider!

Baby is still doing good still with no signs of Jaundice and has even gained 5 oz back since being released from the hospital.

Sorry for the delay in blogging…the day we came home from the hospital, my computer crashed! It is still not working ;o(.

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Waiting

May 31, 2009 at 11:05 am
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Well, I have some cute things I wanted to blog about…like making Tutu’s for baby, Cookie and 2 of my neices (so far). They love them and I have cute pics, but they are in the camera that is in the hospital bag that is sitting in the van. I know that if it gets taken out that it will not make it to the hospital, so there it sits.
And here I sit. Pregnant, hot, swollen, and with a foot up under my ribs. All a small price to pay for the sweet little girl that will soon join our family.
SuperKid has graduated preschool. It was fun and he loved it. He will miss it though.
Jefe and the kids went to Boise over Memorial weekend so that Jefe could go bear hunting. They had a good time and I sat home watching chick flicks and hoping that I would not go into labor until after they got back ;o)
My bro got engaged about 3 weeks ago and is planning a wedding now. His fiancee’ is so cute! We will love having her as an addition to our family.
That’s about it from here! Wish there were more to tell about, but soon baby will be here and I will have to post TONS!

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Name this BABY!

May 14, 2009 at 10:39 am
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We are looking for baby name suggestions! With this little baby girl, there is nothing we have excluded. We like original, traditional and even some crazy ones (within reason). Comment to suggest a name…if we use one you suggest, I will mail you some free stuff (felt or a gift certificate) so you have nothing to loose!
All entries will be considered by myself and Jefe and I will announce her name upon arrival…Mom, you may not suggest your own name. Love you though….

Thanks and good luck!

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Used car lot

May 4, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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We were playing Apples To Apples the other night as a group (probably about 10 of us) mostly being adults and then My 12 year old brother-in-law and his friend. On one particular round the friend won whatever the word for the round was with the card that said “Used Car Lot”. As he’s being handed the card I overheard a mini-conversation between the friend and my b-i-l. BIL said “what’s that?” and friend said “You know, a car lot that is empty and then someone parks on it and then its a used car lot.” !!!

I couldn’t help myself and started laughing to the point of tears…no one else had heard their conversation and I didn’t want to embarrass him, so I did my best to compose myself while everyone else stared at me with questioning eyes. The cards were passed out for the next round and I thought back to a moment before and started laughing hysterically again. This time I knew that I couldn’t get away from an explanation, especially when my other BIL said “I think she’s going to have that baby right here…someone stop her laughing!!” (which only managed to make me laugh harder).

After another moment or two I managed to squeak out the conversation I had heard followed by everyone else laughing too. The poor friend was still completely lost and didn’t understand what was so funny. Soon I explained that while his logic was correct, his definition was not. We explained what a used car lot really is and I believe he was a little embarrassed.
On his way out later that night, he thanked us for the game and for letting us know what a used car lot is. ;o) I still giggle a little bit when I think of it though!

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Easter!

May 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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A picture is worth a 1000 words, so I will let them do the talking…..

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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Cookie’s 4th B-day

May 4, 2009 at 11:43 am
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April 13th my little girl turned 4. She’s a sweetheart and a joy to be around. She loves flowers, purple, pink, Dora, Mom, Dad, and her new sister coming soon. She enjoys pets and Oreo cookies. She is lost without her pillow and blanket which she carries all over the house all day long. She loves to dress up as a princess but can keep up with her older brother and cousin when they are playing boy games too.
I love you my little Cookie! You are a sweet and special girl and we are so blessed to have you in our family.

Awnya Boam

http://www.time4felt.com

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